Evan Reekey

Evan Reekey (1832-1868) was the foreman of the Southwark Spinning Mill in London.

Biography
Evan Reekey was born in 1832 in Southwark, London. He became the foreman of the Southwark Spinning Mill for the owner Octavia Plumb, and Reekey was known to use child labor to power his workforce despite regulations passed by Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli. In 1868, Jacob Frye and his gang of Rooks killed Rekey and a few Blighters gangsters at the entrance to the warehouse after the alarm was sounded and a gang fight began; Frye killed him with his cane-sword.